Abstract
Reducing electricity cost is important for energy intensive industries such as the iron and steel industry. With the implementation of time-of-use (TOU) electricity price, plenty of attention has been paid to the optimal management of byproduct gases. The time-of-use (TOU) electricity price is the practice of implementing different prices for different times of use. It is possible to reduce electricity cost by adjusting the amount of product gases stored or used for power generation throughout the day. In this paper, a novel mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model concerning the TOU electricity price is proposed to optimize byproduct gas use. Compared with previous models, this model considers the optimal load shift between gasholders and boilers under TOU electricity price. The case study of a steel plant demonstrates that the electricity purchase cost can be reduced by more than 30% after optimization.
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Zhao, X., Bai, H., Shi, Q., Guo, Z. (2016). Optimization and Management of Byproduct Gas Distribution in Steel Mills Under Time-of-Use (TOU) Electricity Price. In: Li, L., et al. Energy Technology 2016. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48182-1_11
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